US agents raid New Jersey worksite as Trump escalates immigration crackdown
A member of Mexico's National Guard keeps watch near the construction site where US laborers replace the primary fence on the Mexico-U.S. border, as seen from Playas Tijuana, in Tijuana, Mexico January 23, 2025.
US immigration agents rounded up undocumented migrants as well as American citizens in a raid of a Newark, New Jersey, worksite on Thursday that the city's mayor said involved detaining a military veteran and violations of the people's rights.
The raid in New Jersey's most populous city, hailed in the past by mayor Ras Baraka for its "sanctuary" policies protecting migrants, follows President Donald Trump's pledge to deport millions of immigrants who are in the US illegally.
